Prof. R. R. Kelkar was the Director General of the India Meteorological Department (1998-2003). He was also a professor holding the ISRO Space Chair, Department of Atmospheric and Space Sciences at the University of Pune (2004-08). He was a member of the Executive Council of the World Meteorological Organisation (1999-2003), and a president of the Indian Meteorological Society (1997-1999).

Prof Kelkar has authored four books - Satellite Meteorology (2006), Monsoon
Prediction (2008), Climate Change - A Holistic View (2010) and Bible Meteorology
(eBook 2010). He has to his credit more than 50 scientific papers in reputed national
and international scientific journals.

Born in 1943, Prof Kelkar holds a PhD in physics from University of Pune.

Dr. Madhav L Khandekar is the Convening
Lead Author on ‘extreme weather’ for Non-governmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) project's “Climate Change Re-considered 2”, which is expected to
be published in 2013.